A TEENAGER was viciously attacked outside a school by classmates who filmed the incident - but NOBODY has been punished.

Terri-Mae Lunt, 13, was dragged by her hair and kicked and punched by another girl outside her Manchester school while about 100 pupils watched, with some filming the assault.

Her parents, Terry and Melanie Lunt, took the appalling footage to police but officers have said they are unable to press charges against their daughter's attacker.

Year 8 pupil Terri-Mae, of Moston, Manchester, said she has also been flooded with abusive text messages from two fellow pupils at Manchester Creative and Media Academy, in nearby Blackley.

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The video is absolutely traumatic to watch. I am ex-forces and I've never seen anything like it

Terry Lunt, father

The youngster said the incident on May 11 began when a girl said she "wanted to fight her" so she attempted to leave school early to avoid her but was "chased" and attacked just yards from the school's gates.

Her roofing contractor father, 40, said: "The video is absolutely traumatic to watch.

"I am ex-forces and I've never seen anything like it."

"She was in a state. She had severe bruising to her face, chest and arms, and bite marks on her. She was lucky nothing was broken.

"I am absolutely livid, I feel so let down, by the school and the justice system."

A bus driver and a local resident ended the brutal attack seconds before Mrs Lunt arrived at the school to pick her daughter up.

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When Mrs Lunt asked for the session to go ahead without the lawyer, the attackers' parents refused - so the Lunts decided to press charges.

But, due to inconsistent accounts from witnesses police said they are unable to establish how the fight started - despite the video evidence.

Frightened Terri-Mae now refuses to go back to Manchester Creative and Media Academy so her parents pulled her from classes and found another school who will take her for two months, but they are still looking for a permanent solution.

Rebecca Smith, head teacher at the Manchester Creative and Media Academy, said: "This incident took place outside of school hours and off school premises, and as such has been dealt with by Greater Manchester Police as a police matter.

"Notwithstanding this, the school has taken it very seriously and has liaised with them to carry out our own internal investigation that has resulted in sanctions for those involved."

A police spokesman said Greater Manchester Police had "thoroughly investigated" the matter and more than 60 witness accounts were taken.

He added: "Despite these efforts it was decided that there was insufficient evidence to progress this matter to the Crown Prosecution Service and, as a result, the investigation was closed."